Offerings, such as benefits or entertainments, intended to placate discontent or distract attention from a policy or situation.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Saturday, April 7, 2012
NEW HIGH-LEVEL PERSPECTIVES ON DRUG LAWS
At the upcoming Summit of the Americas, heads of Central American states will raise an important debate on the viability of the current war on (some) drugs. However, according to this Guardian article, the Obama administration, also in attendance at the summit, “does not want to be seen as softening its support for prohibition".
Other relevant articles...
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
LIES, LIES, LIES...
Keep your eyes open for the upcoming BBC2 interview with the man who claims to have fabricated much of the information leading to the invasion of Iraq. This might be surprising to some, but to regular readers of Bread & Circuses it shouldn't. Is he coming clean, or is he helping other appear less culpable? Caveat lector.
Article here.
Article here.
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